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ACLU Petition in Baily v. WV Division of Corrections (04/09/2003)

ACLU National Prison Project 2001-2002 Litigation Docket (03/28/2003)

Brief in Support of Motion for Summary Judgment in Skinner v. Uphoff (10/24/2002)

ACLU Complaint in Nathan Essary v. Michael Chaney, et al. (10/08/2002)

ACLU Complaint in Johnson v. Johnson (04/18/2002)
Legal complaint filed on behalf of Roderick Johnson, a gay prisoner repeatedly raped by Texas prison gangs and denied protection by prison officials.

Johnson v. Johnson - Complaint (04/17/2002)
In April, 2002, the NPP filed suit, seeking damages and injunctive relief on behalf of Roderick Johnson, a young, gay African American who alleges that, from September 2000 to April 2002, he was subjected to a system of gang-run sexual slavery. The complaint alleges that prison officials violated Mr. Johnson’s Eighth Amendment right to be free from cruel and unusual punishment by deliberately failing to protect him, and that they denied him equal protection of the laws based on his race and sexual orientation. This case reached the court of appeals in the Fifth Circuit where the court held that Mr. Johnson could pursue a claim for discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation. Following remand to the district court, the case was tried in September and October 2005, where we suffered a heart-breaking loss when the jury rejected Johnson’s claims. Nonetheless, the case focused national attention on Texas’ failure to protect prisoners from rape.

ACLU Brief in Robin Darbyshire v. Extraditions International, Inc. (04/11/2002)

ACLU Brief in Shook v. Board of County Commissioners (04/02/2002)

Flores v. Meese - Stipulated Settlement Agreement (01/17/1997)